Oklahoma Sex Offenders

Oklahoma’s sex offenders law took
effect on November 1, 1989. The law protects residents of Oklahoma by
making sure that convicted sex offenders have no chance at
reoffending.

Sex offenders in Oklahoma are not
allowed to live near child care facilities like schools and daycares.
They cannot have professional licenses, careers, or jobs that would
endanger residents of the state.

The classification depends on the
gravity of the offense committed. The law classifies 12 sex crimes
under Level 3 offenses, three (3) sex crimes under Level 2 offenses
and seven (7) sex crimes under Level 1 offenses.

Duration and requirements of
registration vary with the different risk levels:

Level 1 offenders register
every year for 15 years

Level 2 offenders register
every 6 months for 25 years

Level 3 sex offenders register
every 90 days for life

Sex offenders visiting or leaving
the state must notify the law enforcement authorities on their plans.
Level 3 sex offenders planning to travel may wear a GPS ankle
monitor.

Sex offenders
in Oklahoma are not allowed 2000 feet near a child care facility or
school. Sex offenders with crimes against minors are not allowed to
come within 500 feet near schools, parks, daycare or playgrounds.

A sex offender in Oklahoma is not
allowed to live with another sex offender. A sex offender with crimes
against a minor is not allowed to live with children unless the
children are his or her own and were not involved in the crime.

Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry

Oklahoma Sex Offender registry
manages information on sex offenders living in the state. The
registry updates this information in real time. This ensures that
residents of the state have access to accurate details on sex
offenders in their neighborhood.

Lewd or indecent proposals or
acts as to child under 16 or person believed to be under 16; sexual
battery - OKLA. STAT. tit. 21, § 1123 (West 2008).

Convicted, or received a
suspended sentence in any court of another state, a federal court,
an Indian tribal court, or a military court for an offense or
attempted offense that, if committed or attempted in Oklahoma, would
constitute an offense or an attempt to commit an offense listed in
above.

Information maintained in Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry

57 OKL. ST. ANN. § 584 (West 2008)

A. Any registration with the
Department of Corrections required by the Sex Offenders Registration
Act shall be in a form approved by the Department and shall include
the following information about the person registering:

The name of the person and all
aliases used or under which the person has been known;

A complete description of the
person, including a photograph and fingerprints, and when requested
by the Department of Corrections, such registrant shall submit to a
blood or saliva test for purposes of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
profile. Submission to testing for individuals registering shall be
within thirty (30) days of registration. Registrants who already
have valid samples on file in the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation (OSBI) DNA Offender Database shall not be required to
submit duplicate samples for testing;

The offenses listed in Section
582 of this title for which the person has been convicted or the
person received a suspended sentence or any form of probation, where
the offense was committed, where the person was convicted or
received the suspended sentence or any form of probation, and the
name under which the person was convicted or received the suspended
sentence or probation;

The name and location of each
hospital or penal institution to which the person was committed for
each offense listed in Section 582 of this title;

Where the person previously
resided, where the person currently resides, how long the person has
resided there, how long the person expects to reside there, and how
long the person expects to remain in the county and this state. The
Department of Corrections shall conduct address verification of each
registered sex offender as follows: on an annual basis if the
numeric risk level of the person is one, or on a semiannual basis,
if the numeric risk level of the person is two. May be photographed
by the local law enforcement authority at that time.Provide a
current address

The name and address of any
school where the person expects to become or is enrolled or employed
for any length of time;

A description of all occupants
residing with the person registering, including, but not limited to,
name, date of birth, gender, relation to the person registering, and
how long the occupant has resided there; and

The numeric risk level of the
person.

B. Conviction data and fingerprints
shall be promptly transmitted at the time of registration to the
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) and the Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI) if the state has not previously sent the
information at the time of conviction.

Community Notification and Websites

57 OKL. ST. ANN. § 584 (West 2008)

E.

• The Department of Corrections
shall maintain a file of all sex offender registrations.

• A copy of the information
contained in the registration shall promptly be available to state,
county and municipal

law enforcement agencies, the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Commissioner of Health, and
the National Sex Offender Registry maintained by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.

• The file shall promptly be made
available for public inspection or copying under rules promulgated by
the Department of Corrections and may be made available through
Internet access.

• The Department of Corrections
shall promptly provide all municipal police departments, all county
sheriff departments, and all campus police departments a list of
those sex offenders registered and living in their county.

The Superintendent of Public
Instruction is authorized to copy and shall distribute information
from the sex offender registry to school districts and individual
public and private schools within the state.

The State Commissioner of
Health is authorized to distribute information from the sex offender
registry to any nursing home or long-term care facility.

Each local law enforcement
agency shall make its sex offender registry available upon request,
without restriction.

Limitations
on Residency or Employment

57 OKL. ST. ANN. § 590 (West 2008)

A. Sex offenders may not establish
residence within 2000 feet of any public or private school or
educational institution. Sex offenders who lived within 2000 feet of
a school before their sex offense conviction are not required to sell
their homes or move.

Duration
of Registration

57 OKL. ST. ANN. § 583 (West 2008)

D. When a person has been convicted
or received probation within the State of Oklahoma, the person shall
be required to register as follows:

1. For fifteen (15) years, if the
numeric risk level of the person is one;

2. For a period of twenty-five (25)
years, if the numeric risk level of the person is two; and

3. For life, if the numeric risk
level of the person is three or the person has been classified as a
habitual or aggravated sex offender.

The registration period shall… be
maintained by such authority for at least ten (10) years from the
date of the last registration. OKLA. STAT. tit 57, § 584 (West 2008)

Life for habitual sex offenders and
aggravated sex offenders

Timeframe
for Registration

With DOC within 10 days of release,
30 days of entering the state, 10 days of changing address; with
local law enforcement within 7 days of release or entering the state,
3 days of a change of address

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